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Lahore Museum’s glorious edifice stands on Shahrah-e-Quaid-e-Azam, also known as The Mall Road, opposite to 100-year old Allama Iqbal Campus of the Punjab University. Blended with the elements of old tradition of Mughal architecture, the Museum is conspicuous among all the structures build during the British period on Shahrah-e-Quaid-e-Azam. Founded by Prince Albert Victor, The [...]

Karachi’s Literati: Alive, Well and Kicking

Posted on April 8, 2007
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Guest Post by Raza Rumi
Each time one visits Karachi the sprawling metropolis seems more run down. Crumbling infrastructure, notwithstanding the recent improvements, and a sense of neglect are apparent to any visitor.

Nevertheless the big city buzz and the pleasant mix of cultures, languages and dialects make it a fascinating place. The immense intellectual and cultural [...]

Bloggers Become Source for Mainstream Media in Pakistan

Posted on January 28, 2007
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Guest Post by Awab Alvi (Teeth Maestro)
Citizen Journalism, more commonly known as blogging allows anyone the ability to discuss and report an issue or news item immediately, and certainly far sooner then the early morning paper produced by the main stream media. Pakistan is not far behind as blogging is slowly becoming popular [...]

Dance Revival: Aaye Haath UthaiN Hum Bhi

Posted on January 21, 2007
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Adil Najam
Saw this phoptograph in Dawn today and was mesmerised by the interplay of light and shaddow.
My immeidate reaction was to think of this verse from Faiz.
I realize I have already used it before as a title (and am sure will do so again). But it seems to fit, even if the context of the [...]

Ali Khurshid: Pakistani Flickr-er Featured by TIME

Posted on December 19, 2006
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Adil Najam
By nor our readers would know that TIME magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’ for 2006 is ‘You.’
For those who may not yet have actually seen the issue or not checked their email recently, the exciting news is that YOU-The Pakistani are represented on this by a 22-year old Pakistani photography hound, Ali Khurshid. [...]

Pictures of the Day: Flying High

Posted on June 21, 2006
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Adil Najam

Pakistan International Airline (PIA) has new livery. And, I must say, it looks very nice.
Much nicer, certainly, than the last back-fin livery they had (the ill proportioned waving flag). That one just did not work, especially with the white background to the plane. Always seemed like it was an after-thought that did not [...]

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